FOREIGN RELATIONS: Hit Hard

A year ago the U.S. Congress
volleyed and thundered for five months over EGA. Last week it barely
managed a show of interest in ECA's $5½ billion bill for the next 15
months. Summoned to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, Secretary of State Dean Acheson waited for ten minutes
before Chairman Tom Connally showed up, then waited ten minutes more
for enough other committeemen to make a quorum. Finally Connally
snapped at an attendant: "Go out and see if you can find any more
Senators wandering around, and bring them in."